Mompessons Well at Sk 223 772 is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. Wellhead.
Mompessons Well at Sk 223 772
- WRENN ID
- outer-groin-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1967
- Type
- Wellhead
- Address
- Mompessons Well at Sk 223 772, Edge Road, Eyam, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 222 771
- Coordinates
- 53.29125, -1.66722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mompesson's Well is a wellhead located on the west side of Edge Road in the parish of Eyam. It dates from the 17th century and is constructed of gritstone. The well features a stone trough that is covered to the west by a rectangular slab with humped ribs. It is surrounded by 20th-century iron railings. The well is listed due to its historical association with the Eyam plague of 1666.
Local climate
Mompessons Well at Sk 223 772 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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